
The Bill of Rights Primer
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The Bill of Rights Primer is an authoritative guide to all American freedoms. Uncluttered and well-organized, this text is perfect for those who want to study up on the Bill of Rights without needing a law degree to do so.
This elementary guidebook presents a short historical survey of the people, events, decrees, legislation, writings, and cultural milestones, in England and the American colonies, that influenced the Founding Fathers as they drafted the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. With helpful comments and fun facts in the margins, the book will provide a deeper understanding of the Bill of Rights, exhibiting that it is not a stagnant document but one with an evolving meaning shaped by historical events, such as the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
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- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- About this Book
- Preface: the Development of the Concept of Political Freedom in England and the American Colonies
- Creation and Reconstruction: An Overview
- Part I: Creation
- I First Things First
- II Our First Amendment
- III the Second and Third Amendments (The Military Amendments)
- IV the Fourth Amendment (Searches, Seizures, and Fifth Amendment Takings)
- V the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments (The Jury Amendments)
- VI the Ninth and Tenth Amendments (The Popular-Sovereignty Amendments)
- VII the Bill of Rights as a Constitution
- Part II: ReconstructioN
- VIII Antebellum Ideas
- IX the Fourteenth Amendment
- X the Incorporation Process
- XI Reconstructing Rights
- XII A New Birth of Freedom
- Appendix
- The Constitution of the United States
- Amendments I-X and XIV
- Biographical Profiles of Notable Figures Quoted or Featured in the Text
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Authors
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